Running Parity fills up C Drive and in case of smaller disks, speciall SDD-s, it is an issue. One solution is to move blockchain data storage to another drive. You can create a directory junction using MKLINK. First rename the folder or copy it to D:\Parity (assuming you wand the data to be in the… Read More »

First verify that Windows Time is running : Find and run Services Find Window Time service, verify that it is running and set to automatically start: If this is done then you can do one more step to force time synchronization at once : Run command line AS ADMINISTRATOR and execute command… Read More »

Some time ago I did network hardware update and this caused issues for one PC. After trying several fixes from tcp/ip reset to hardcoded IP and DNS it came up that switching to another lan card fixed problem. But on the road all those tries messed up settings so that all VPN connections stopped to work… Read More »

There are several ways and tools for this. Here is the path that worked for me. qemu-img for Windows QEMU disk image utility for Windows. It is used for converting, creating and consistency checking of various virtual disk formats. It’s compatible with Hyper-V, KVM, VMware, VirtualBox and Xen virtualization solutions.This build has been optimized for… Read More »

What to do if you find that your Windows 10 Powershell is filled with cryptic text? Actually the chance is that it is not corrupt but just needs font adjustments. Start Powershell 2. Open Window Properties As visible the font example is cryptic also in preview window 3. Select different font And we are back… Read More »

Often it is enough to show on chart axis label general indicative number instead of full precision figure. Also long figures take a lot of precious space. So instead 890 152 000 the 890M would do fine. So how to do it in case of DevExpress Chart control MVC extension. Unlike in case of Windows… Read More »

Getting last inserted Id value is quite common needed task. When using SqlCommand it is not part of the class. Things are getting even trickier if the value must be Int64. But have no fear, it is not tricky. Just define in SqlCommand two sql statements:- first of insert and second for selecting back inserted… Read More »

If you are just starting to experiment with MVC and DevExpress then it might happen that for your surprise you can not see model class fields in Extension insert wizard screen. First thing to do is ensure that project has been rebuilt rebuilt before using wizard. Second thing to do is check that Module class properties have defined… Read More »

If you need to open incoming connection in firewall to SQL server or for other service then : To open a port in the Windows firewall for TCP access On the Start menu, click Run, type WF.msc, and then click OK. In the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, in the left pane, right-click Inbound Rules,… Read More »